AHC: Prevent the fall of The Templar Order

In 1307 King Phillip IV of France ordered the arrest of many leading Templar Knights. Over the next seven years the entire leadership, and thousands of Knights, were tortured and executed bringing an end to one of the great crusader orders.

The challenge is to find a way to prevent the fall of the Templar Order with a POD no earlier than 1303 and the Fall of Raud, the last lands controlled by the order in the Levant.

I just began reading Les Rois Maudits and the first book begins with the execution of the Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay which got me thinking on the possible effects of a surviving order.
 
Given that the Tour de Nesle Affair happened in 1314, it would be Luis to judge. By then the Hutin would be ruling for 8 years ( using Tonifranz dead for Philip in 1306), Enguerrand de Marigny would never become powerful, like in OTL, and Luis uncle, Charles of Valois, would be the power being the throne.

Now even if the affair would exist, the decision would be most likely be taken by Valois. Any son that Luis had after the affair begun, would be considered a possible bastard, so in the end Valois, would try to use that to his advantage, probably he would advocate that she should be executed to allow Valois to marry his king to a member of his family. But such a move would put Odo IV, Duke of Burgundy, against the Valois. Eventually they would arrive to an understanding. Now the most important part is, if Luis had more sons than in OTL, then the Salic law that stopped Joan II of Navarre, would't been used by Luis brother to stop her to get the throne. So the Affair could become a power struggle between, Charles of Valois (trying to put a Valois queen on Luis), Odo of Burgundy (protecting the claims of the sons of his sister) and Philip of Champagne (trying to eliminate the people above him in the line of succession).
 
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